5 Alarm Fire At A-B Canning Plant In Arnold
(Arnold) -KTRS About 150 employees of The Metal Container Corporation in Arnold had to be evacuated after the fire started around 7:30 last night. No employees were hurt. The plant makes cans and lids for Anheuser-Busch and soft drink companies. A-B sunk 160-million dollars into expanding the plant last year. Firefighters from Festus, High Ridge,…
Ruling Means Rams May Owe $352,000 To State Of Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Rams are long gone from St. Louis, but they still may owe more than $350,000 in taxes to the state of Missouri. The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed a ruling from an administrative hearing that determined the NFL team did not have to pay state sales tax on…
Witness Claims Man Shot By Officer Was Unarmed
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man who was with Anthony Lamar Smith on the day he was killed by a St. Louis police officer says he believes Smith was unarmed. Jason Stockley’s first-degree murder trial began Tuesday. The white former officer is accused of fatally shooting Smith, who was black, in December 2011. Stockley and his…
Kroenke, Rams May Still Owe Missouri $352,000 in Taxes
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The Rams are long gone from St. Louis, but they still may owe more than $350,000 in taxes to the state of Missouri. The Missouri Supreme Court has reversed a ruling from an administrative hearing that determined the NFL team did not have to pay state sales tax on a special city entertainment fee…
Attorney General Josh Hawley Files Motion Against Backpage.com
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is responding to Backpage.com’s legal action against him. Recently Backpage.com filed a federal lawsuit against Hawley in an attempt to stop his investigation of the classified website’s alleged involvement with human trafficking. On Tuesday, Hawley filed a motion in St. Louis with the U.S. District Court…
New Capitol Showdown Looms Over Illinois School Funding Plan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is expected to use his veto power to remove some money for Chicago Public Schools from a school funding bill – a move that could jeopardize funding for Illinois’ roughly 850 districts. Democrats on Monday sent to Rauner a school funding overhaul they passed in May but…